Second Mate

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1. What is Magnetic Compass?

2. Explain construction of Magnetic Compass and its use.

3. What is the bowl & wet card made of and why?

4. Why the magnetic compass pointing towards north?

5. Heeling error bucket corrects which magnetism and when?

6. Where will you find info regarding positioning of magnets?

7. How to take compass error? Explain procedure.

8. What is PAB? What are its uses? Know how to read?

9. What are the corrections and how are they applied?

10. In the middle of the ocean the Barometer reading drops. What will be your action?

11. What is Sextant? What are the uses of Sextant?

12. Explain principle of Sextant?

13. Errors in Sextant and how to correct them?

14. After the errors are corrected, how do you take a sight?

15. Explain ITP?

16. What is Hydrometer and what are its uses?

17. How do you find density of liquid using Hydrometer?

18. What is Dock Water Allowance?

19. What is FWA?

20. What is ISM code? What are its objectives?

21. What is DOS and when do you exchange?

22. Explain how you plan passage from port A to Port B

23. Risk assessment? What is hazard? What is risk?

24. Enclosed space entry actions?

25. Fire in a container at sea actions?

26. Fire in DG Container. To put off fire what will you refer to?

27. How do you plan and execute maintenance of FFA on board a vsl ?

28. What are the fixed FFA equipments on board vessel?

29. As per SOALS what are Liferaft requirements?

30. Rescue boat requirement?

31. What is Lugless Joining Shackle? How many parts in it? Uses?

32. What type of anchor you had onboard ?

33. What is stockless anchor?

34. Running moor? When will you use?

35. Man over board port side actions?

36. What will be your action, if you could not find the person?

37. Which different patterns can you use? Which pattern u will use?

38. If 2 ships are involved in SAR , which pattern will you use?

39. Where u will find info abt SAR operations?

40. How will you help your C/O for loadline survey?

41. Explain principal of EM Log and Doppler’s Log

42. Which radar you will use for collision avoidance while leaving port?

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